Today’s post is brought to us by Abby Jarvis of Qgiv 5 Tactics to Boost Your Donation Page Conversion Rate Your nonprofit’s website and donation page give first-time donors and lifetime supporters a peek inside your organization. You can write blog posts, upload images and videos, and ask for donations from supporters who live halfway […]
How to find new donors
How to find new donors Hold your donors close. First things first: before you begin to think about finding new donors, be sure you have plans in place to keep your current ones. If your retention rate is low, looking for new donors is a waste of time and money. Fix that first. Also: before looking […]
How to be a good fundraiser
How to be a good fundraiser What makes a good fundraiser? Is it hard-charging ambition? A willingness to ask strangers for money? The impervious hide of a door-to-door salesman? Maybe those things help. But as I think about the best fundraisers I know, I think of different traits. Genuine care for people If you don’t like […]
Serendipity: another word for smart fundraising?
Is it serendipity or do we make our own luck? Many years ago, I was doing one of my favorite tasks – opening the mail. I bet you know what I mean. It’s a whole lot of fun to see a stack of appeal returns waiting for you. One day, I opened an envelope to […]
Why you want to welcome strangers
What does it mean to welcome the stranger? The tradition of welcome is strong in many cultures and religions around the world. My own family is largely Irish. If I want to get all misty-eyed about my heritage I could point to the importance hospitality held among the ancient Celts. But it’s the same with […]
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